BOSTON – Most recent population growth in Massachusetts has occurred in Boston and the metro area, while the number of residents in some rural counties and on Cape Cod actually shrank, U.S. Census Bureau figures released Thursday show.
Compared with some other parts of the nation, particularly in parts of Texas and Florida, the Bay State's growth pales, however, the figures show. For instance, the area around Orlando, Florida, saw a 4.3 percent gain in population last year. In Texas, the Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio metro areas were among the top gainers in the nation, the Census Bureau said.
BOSTON – General Electric selected a location on the Fort Point Channel in South Boston's Seaport District for the site of its new headquarters, and said about 800 people would be located in a three-building complex there once it's finished in 2018.
The roughly 2.5-acre site, owned by Procter & Gamble's Gillette unit, is off Necco Street, just south of Summer Street, and currently has two older and mostly empty buildings on it as well as an open parking lot, GE said Thursday in a statement.
